Roie Galitz receives award in Siena International Photo Awards
This list of photography awards is an index to articles that describe notable awards given for photography. It does not include photojournalism, which is covered in the list of journalism awards. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that gives the award, but some awards are open to international competitors.
Americas
| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Scotiabank Photography Award | Scotiabank | Canadian photography award |
| United States | Graphis International Photography Awards | Graphis Inc. | Honors creative excellence in numerous categories including portraiture, still life, fashion and beauty, sports, product, entertainment, fine art and more. |
| United States | Infinity Awards | International Center of Photography | Various categories |
| United States | $5,000 Excellence in Teaching Award; Personal Award; Social Award; Environmental Award; Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award | CENTER Santa Fe | Supporting dedicated photographers and lens-based artists through education, exhibition, sponsorship, and partnerships. |
| United States | Larry Sultan Photography Award | Pier 24 Photography | Six- to ten-week residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California |
| United States | Prestige Grant | Getty Images | Commercial photographers to realise a dream project |
| United States | W. Eugene Smith Grant | W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | Photographer with an innovative and intriguing sight of humans dealing with social, economical, political or environmental issues |
| United States | Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography | Sierra Club | Photographers who have used their talents in conservation efforts |
| United States | IPhone Photography Awards | IPPAWARDS | Photographers using an iPhone or iPad, various categories |
| United States | Inge Morath Award | Magnum Foundation, Inge Morath Foundation | Woman photographer under thirty years of age, to assist in the completion of a long term documentary project |
| United States | International Photography Awards | Lucie Awards | International Photographer of the Year, Discovery of the Year |
| United States | Lange-Taylor Prize | Duke University | To encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers |
| United States | Lucie Awards | Lucie Foundation | Various categories |
| United States | Robert Capa Gold Medal | Overseas Press Club | Best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise |
Asia
| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | China International Press Photo Contest | China Photojournalists Society | Photojournalism |
| Dubai | Hamdan International Photography Award | Crown prince Hamdan of Dubai | Largest monetary prize among photography awards |
| India | National Photography Awards | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Lifetime Achievement Award, Professional Photographer of the Year and Amateur Photographer of the Year |
| Iran | Sheed Award | Sheed Award | Social documentary photography |
| Israel | Local Testimony | Eretz Israel Museum | Photographers from Israel and the Palestinian Authority |
| Israel | Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography | Israel Museum | Outstanding contributions for field of photography as contemporary art |
| Japan | Photo City Sagamihara | Photo City Sagamihara | Various categories |
| Japan | Domon Ken Award | Mainichi Shimbun | Established photographer for a published book of documentary photographs |
| Japan | Higashikawa Prize | Town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido | Various categories |
| Japan | Tokyo International Foto Awards | TIFA | commends and promotes outstanding photography from all corners of the globe. TIFA connects photographers with the creative community in Tokyo |
| Japan | Ina Nobuo Award | Nikon Salon | Most outstanding exhibition held in a Nikon Salon |
| Japan | Kimura Ihei Award | Asahi Shimbun Company | New photographers whose work has been exhibited or published during the previous year |
| Japan | Miki Jun Award | Nikon Salon | Best photo show at the Nikon Salon by an artist under 35 years old |
| Japan | Miki Jun Inspiration Award | Nikon Salon | Exhibition by photographers under the age of 35 |
| Japan | Photographic Society of Japan awards | Photographic Society of Japan | Various categories |
| Japan | Society of Photography Award | Society of Photography | People, organizations and companies who have helped photography |
Europe
| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Camera Austria Award | City of Graz | Contemporary photography |
| Denmark | Fogtdal Photographers Award | Palle Fogtdal | Danish photography |
| Europe | European Publishers Award for Photography | Several European publishers | Work on a particular subject that had not previously been published as a book |
| France | Prix de la Photographie | Px3 | photography award |
| France | Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award | Fondation Carmignac | Investigative photographic report on a region of the world where fundamental rights are threatened |
| France | ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'or Award | Visa pour l'Image | Professional photojournalist who has covered a humanitarian issue related to an armed conflict |
| France | Niépce Prize | Association Gens d'Images | Professional photographer who has lived and worked in France for over 3 years |
| France | Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards | Paris Photo, Aperture Foundation | First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year |
| France | Prix Nadar | Association Gens d'Images | Photography book edited in France |
| France | Discovery Award; Author's Book Award; Historical Book Award; Photo-Text Book Award; Dummy Book Award | Rencontres d’Arles | Summer photography festival in Arles |
| Germany | German Society for Photography Awards | German Society for Photography | Various categories |
| Germany | World Street Photography Awards | World Street Photography | Street photography: Free style, Urban Geometry, Street Portraits, Decisive Moment, Shades and Lights, Reflections, Juxtaposition and Without Humans |
| Germany | David Octavius Hill Medal | Deutsche Fotografische Akademie | Photography |
| Germany | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize | Deutsche Börse, The Photographers' Gallery | Contemporary photography |
| Germany | Deutscher Fotobuchpreis | Hochschule der Medien | Visual-led book publishing originated in Germany |
| Germany | Dr. Erich Salomon Award | German Society for Photography | Lifetime achievement award for photojournalists |
| Italy | Castelfiorentino Award | Banca di Cambiano - Fondazione Teatro del Popolo | Two categories: Open and Student. Contemporary Photography |
| Italy | Romano Cagnoni Award | Romano Cagnoni Foundation | Supporting photographers who investigate, with depth and participation, topics related to the human condition |
| Italy | Siena International Photo Awards | Siena International Photo Awards | Photojournalism, wildlife photography, street photography, nature photography |
| Netherlands | Foam Paul Huf Award | Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam | Young, talented photographer under the age of 35 |
| Netherlands | LensCulture Awards | LensCulture magazine | Various categories |
| Netherlands | Lex van Rossen Award | Eurosonic Noorderslag | Young European music photographers |
| Netherlands | No Man's Art Slum Photography Contest | No Man's Art Gallery | Photography in an underprivileged neighborhood in the world |
| Netherlands | Oskar Barnack Award | World Press Photo | Professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images |
| Netherlands | World Press Photo of the Year | World Press Photo Foundation | Photojournalism |
| Russia | Moscow International Foto Awards | MIFA | The mission of the Moscow International Foto Awards is to recognize, reward and expose talented photographers from around the world and introduce them to the creative community in Russia |
| Spain | PHotoEspaña | International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid | Work by Spanish and international image-makers. Several categories |
| Sweden | Hasselblad Award | Hasselblad Foundation | Photographer recognized for major achievements |
| Sweden | Hasselblad Masters Award | Hasselblad | Exceptional accomplishment through photography |
| Sweden | Lennart Nilsson Award | Karolinska Institute | Outstanding contributions to scientific photography |
| Switzerland | Prix Pictet | Pictet Group | Photography of the highest order applied to current social and environmental challenges |
| Turkey | Istanbul Photo Awards | Anadolu Agency | news photography contest |
| United Kingdom | Photography Prize | Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers | Final year student at the annual Royal College of Art Degree Show |
| United Kingdom | AOP Awards | Association of Photographers | Professional, Assisting Photographer & Student photography |
| United Kingdom | British Wildlife Photography Awards | British Wildlife Photography Awards | Images of wild species and habitats taken in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands |
| United Kingdom | Jerwood/Photoworks Awards | Photoworks | Emerging photographers in the UK who make their own photography, or those who use photographs, archives or found photography |
| United Kingdom | John Kobal Foundation Award | John Kobal Foundation | Portrait Photography |
| United Kingdom | Royal Photographic Society | Royal Photographic Society | Various awards and medals |
| United Kingdom | Tim Hetherington Visionary Award | Tim Hetherington Trust | Innovation in visual storytelling |
| United Kingdom | Astronomy Photographer of the Year | Royal Observatory, Greenwich | Astronomy photography |
| United Kingdom | Cherry Kearton Medal and Award | Royal Geographical Society | Traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography |
| United Kingdom | Food Photographer of the Year | The Food Awards Company | Excellence in food photography |
| United Kingdom | Photo London | Somerset House | Various awards |
| United Kingdom | Portrait of Britain | British Journal of Photography | Portraits showing the diversity of British people |
| United Kingdom | Sony World Photography Awards | World Photography Organisation | Variety of photographic genres |
| United Kingdom | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize | National Portrait Gallery, London | Photographic portrait prize |
| United Kingdom | Travel Photographer of the Year | Travel Photographer of the Year | International travel photography award |
| United Kingdom | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum, London | Wildlife photography |
| United Kingdom | The Architectural Photography Awards (APA) | World Architecture Festival | Annual international architectural photography award |
Oceania
| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Photographic Portrait Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Photographic art prize, discontinued in 2007 |
| Australia | Bowness Photography Prize | Monash Gallery of Art | Excellence in photography |
| Australia | Head On Portrait Award; Head On Landscape Award | Head On Photo Festival | |
| Australia | National Photographic Portrait Prize | National Portrait Gallery |
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